Public transit data, a key piece of the Google Maps experience, will soon find its way into third-party applications as the map-making experts at Google have just added transit to its Maps API.

Transit directions will now return fare information where available, same as the Google Maps Android app. In the Distance Matrix API, this enables developers to find routes that minimize either ...

Google announced a few upgrades and new features to its Maps and Places APIs during the Google I/O developers conference on Wednesday. On the API front, ...

Even better, Google Maps is updating the transit experience in 80 cities worldwide to show you the entrances and exits of bus and train stations. You’ll also see what side of the street they are ...

Google also announced that its Maps API is used by over 1 million active sites and accessed by 1 ... Public transit information on the desktop is now comparable side-by-side with standard ...

LAist logo. Local and national news, NPR, things to do, ... "This can only mean one thing, that Metro will soon be on Google Transit," he wrote in an e-mail to LAist.